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Israel Commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day with Nationwide Ceremonies

4/14/2026

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Israel will observe Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) starting Monday evening with nationwide ceremonies.
The Yad Vashem ceremony will begin at 8 p.m. with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog delivering speeches.
A two-minute siren will sound on Tuesday at 10 a.m., followed by a wreath-laying, a reading of victims’ names, and the March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau with 50 participants to combat antisemitism.

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Israel will observe Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) starting Monday evening with nationwide ceremonies.
The Yad Vashem ceremony will begin at 8 p.m. with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog delivering speeches.
A two-minute siren will sound on Tuesday at 10 a.m., followed by a wreath-laying, a reading of victims’ names, and the March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau with 50 participants to combat antisemitism.